Genesis
48 After this things, them tell Joseph say: “See, your papa don de weak.” With this one, e take im two sons Ma·nas′seh and E′phra·im with-am to go see Jacob. 2 Then, them tell Jacob say: “See, your son Joseph don come meet you.” So Israel gather power and sitdown ontop im bed. 3 And Jacob tell Joseph say:
“God Almighty appear to me for Luz for the land of Ca′naan and bless me. 4 And e tell me say, ‘I de make you get plenty children, and I go make them many. And I go make you to be group of plenty people, and I go give this land to your children* wey go come after you as their own forever.’ 5 Now your two sons wey them born for you for the land of Egypt before I come meet you for Egypt, na my own. E′phra·im and Ma·nas′seh go be my own just as Reu′ben and Sim′e·on na my own. 6 But the children wey them go born for you after them, go be your own. Them go answer the name of their brothers for wetin them go get as their own property. 7 As for me, when I be de come from Pad′dan, Rachel die near me for the land of Ca′naan, and the road still far before we go reach Eph′rath. So I bury-am for there for the road to Eph′rath wey them de call Beth′le·hem.”
8 Then Israel see Joseph children and ask say: “Who them be?” 9 So Joseph tell im papa say: “Them be my sons wey God don give me for this place.” So e talk say: “Abeg bring them come meet me so that I fit bless them.” 10 Now Israel eyes don de weak because of old age, and e no fit see. So Joseph bring them near-am and e kiss them and hug them. 11 Israel tell Joseph say: “I no ever think say I go see your face, but now, God don still allow me see your children.”* 12 Then Joseph take them comot from Israel knees, and e bow down face ground.
13 Then Joseph hold the two of them. E use im right hand hold E′phra·im and put-am for the left side of Israel, and e use im left hand hold Ma·nas′seh and put-am for the right side of Israel, and bring them near-am. 14 But Israel stretch im right hand and put-am ontop E′phra·im head, even though say na E′phra·im be the junior one. And e put im left hand ontop Ma·nas′seh head. E know wetin e do, e no put im hand like that by mistake, since Ma·nas′seh na the firstborn. 15 Then e bless Joseph and talk say:
“The true God wey my papa Abraham and my papa Isaac don follow,*
The true God wey don de care for me* for all my life come reach today,
16 The angel wey don de save me from all my problem, make e bless the boys.
Make them answer my name and the name of my papa them, Abraham and Isaac.
Make them increase till them plenty for the earth.”
17 When Joseph see say im papa put im right hand ontop E′phra·im head, e no like-am, so e try to comot im papa hand from E′phra·im head to Ma·nas′seh head. 18 Joseph tell im papa say: “No be so my papa, because na this one be the firstborn. Put your right hand ontop im head.” 19 But im papa no gree, and talk say: “I know, my son, I know. E go become group of people too, and e go dey important* too. But, im junior brother go dey important* pass-am, and im children* go plenty sotey them go form nations.” 20 So e continue to bless them that day, and talk say:
“Make Israel people use your name when them de bless each other de talk say,
‘Make God make you be like E′phra·im and like Ma·nas′seh.’”
So e continue to put E′phra·im before Ma·nas′seh.
21 Then Israel tell Joseph say: “See, I de die, but God go surely continue to dey with you and take you back to the land of your papa-papa them. 22 As for me, I de give you one more land* pass the one wey I give your brothers, wey I take from the hand of Am′or·ite people with my sword and my bow.”